Space Systems Failures: Disasters and Rescues of Satellites, Rocket and Space Probes - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:David M. Harland, Ralph LorenzSeries:Springer Praxis BooksPublish date:2005-05-31Pages:370
Language:EnglishPublisher:Praxis Publications IncISBN-13:9780387215198ISBN-10:387215190UPC:9780387215198Book Category:Science, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Physics, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Space ScienceBook Topic:Astrophysics, AstronomySize:9.60 x 6.70 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCNDS0AG1B
Space Systems Failures: Disasters and Rescues of Satellites, Rocket and Space Probes
There have been many remarkable achievements, such as the Galileo probe which parachuted into Jupiter's atmosphere, to the joy of the engineers who built it. But there have also been many humiliating failures. Sometimes the cause is a silly procedural error, such as a minus sign instead of a plus sign in a computer program, or a mix up between Imperial and Metric units. The Russian craft Phobos 1...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Praxis Publications IncISBN-13:9780387215198ISBN-10:387215190UPC:9780387215198Book Category:Science, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Physics, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Space ScienceBook Topic:Astrophysics, AstronomySize:9.60 x 6.70 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCNDS0AG1B
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